Carnegie Hall's 125th Anniversary Gala

Por Courtney Smith, 08 mayo 2016

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Crítica hecha desde Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, Nueva York el 5 mayo 2016

Smith, Star Spangled Banner

Handel, Coronation Anthem no. 1: Zadok the priest, HWV 258

Mendelssohn, Trío con piano núm. 1 en re menor, Op.49 (Andante con moto tranquillo )

Dvořák, Slavonic Dance no. 8 in G minor, Op.46 no.8

Saint-Saëns, Carnaval de los animales: El cisne

Ponce, Intermezzo

Lecuona, Cuban Dance:...Y La Negra Bailaba!

Strauss R., Morgen! Op.27 no.4

Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (Barcarolle)

Bizet, Carmen: "Habanera", L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Cohen, Hallelujah

Gershwin, Strike up the Band

Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern, Tribute to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Harrison, Here comes the sun

Taylor, You and I Again

Taylor, Shower the people

Edens, The Joint is Really Jumpin' in Carnegie Hall (Encore)

Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Orchestra

Oratorio Society of New York

Kent Tritle, Dirección

Orchestra of St Luke's

Pablo Heras-Casado, Dirección

Emanuel Ax, Piano

Yo-Yo Ma, Violonchelo

Itzhak Perlman, Violín

Renée Fleming, Soprano

Isabel Leonard, Mezzosoprano

Martina Arroyo, Soprano

Marilyn Horne, Mezzosoprano

Lang Lang, Piano

Audra McDonald, Voz

Jessye Norman, Soprano

Michael Feinstein, Voz

James Taylor, Voz

Kinan Azmeh offers a sampling of delights with St Luke’s

No’a L. bat Miri, 15th April

As part of St Luke’s ‘Visionary Sounds’ series, Kinan Azmeh joined the chamber ensemble to play a variety of his own compositions.

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Minimalism with a beating heart: Julius Eastman's Femenine

Kurt Gottschalk, 4th February

The spirit of the St Luke's Chamber Ensemble makes for a successful performance of Julius Eastman's 1974 composition Femenine.

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Pichon crafts inventive Beethoven program with Orchestra of St Luke's

Cameron Kelsall, 6th November

The French conductor pairs Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with several of the composer’s more obscure miniatures, performed alongside thematically related poetry.

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A resplendent St John Passion at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 10th April

Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie leads the Orchestra of St Luke’s in a superbly sung and played performance of Bach’s fiery and dramatic St John Passion.

****1

Promethean Fire and an homage to Carolyn Adams ignite Paul Taylor

Carla Escoda, 6th November

A chilling masterpiece, a tribute to a beloved dancer, and the announcement of a new resident choreographer galvanized the Paul Taylor Dance gala audience at New York's Lincoln Center.

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Three premieres – heard twice – in New York

Kurt Gottschalk, 25th July

It can be a pleasure to hear an unfamiliar piece twice in the same program. Here, we heard three premieres fresh and then repeated after composer comments.

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Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith is an American freelance journalist living in Milan, Italy. On classical music and opera, she's written for the BBC Music Magazine, Opera Now, Opera News, Corriere della Sera Style Magazine, Auditorium, Limelight and Classical Singer. She's written in-house for classical music organizations such as The New York Philharmonic and the Royal Opera House's blog. On luxury, fashion and beauty, she's written for The Wall Street Journal, Women's Wear Daily, Grazia.it and W Magazine's Editors' Blog. She's written in-house for brands such as Calvin Klein.

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